New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Paperweight

ManufacturerAttributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 3 1/4 in. (5.1 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4535

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 3 Sh1

DescriptionPaperweight of clear glass with a blue poinsettia on a red jasper ground. Ten petal flower with green leaves and stem sitting on the finely speckled pink and white (red jasper) background.

Published ReferencesHollister, _The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights_, pg. 216-219, fig. 206.